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Study Guide

Test Design and Test Objectives
Field 36: Early Childhood Education

Test Overview

Format Computer-based test (CBT) and online-proctored test
Number of Questions 100 selected-response questions
Time 2 hours and 30 minutes (does not include 15-minute tutorial)
Passing Score 240

Pie chart of approximate test weighting outlined in the table below.

Test Objectives

Table outlining test content and subject weighting by sub area and objective
Subareas Range of Objectives Approximate Test Proportions
I Child Development and Learning 01–03 24%
II Communication, Language, and Literacy Development 04–08 38%
III Learning in the Content Areas 09–13 38%
Total Proportion 100%

 

Subarea I–Child Development and Learning

Objective 0001: Understand human growth and development and how to use this understanding to promote learning and development in all domains.
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Objective 0002: Understand factors that may affect children's development and learning and use this knowledge to create learning environments that support all children's progress.
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Objective 0003: Understand integrated curriculum design that reflects the ways children construct knowledge.
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Subarea II–Communication, Language, and Literacy Development

Objective 0004: Understand communication and language development in young children.
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Objective 0005: Understand second-language acquisition and how to facilitate the English language development of young children with diverse linguistic backgrounds.
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Objective 0006: Understand the development of concepts about print and how to create a learning environment to promote emergent literacy.
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Objective 0007: Understand foundations of reading development.
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Objective 0008: Understand writing processes and how to create effective learning opportunities for promoting young children's writing skills.
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Subarea III–Learning in the Content Areas

Objective 0009: Understand mathematics concepts and skills.
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Objective 0010: Understand how to facilitate learning for young children in the area of mathematics.
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Objective 0011: Understand science content and inquiry processes and how to facilitate science learning for young children.
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Objective 0012: Understand social studies content and skills and how to facilitate social studies learning.
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Objective 0013: Understand the visual and performing arts and how to facilitate young children's learning in and appreciation of the arts.
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